Well-bucket.



No. 862,032. PATENTBD JULY so, 1190?. E. M. THOMAS.

WELL BUCKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIGA MORAN THOMAS, OF TEXARKANA, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, OF FOUR-TENTHS TO WALTON H. EOTOR AND ONE-FIFTH TO ROBERT E. RAIN,

BOTH OF TEXARKANA, TEXAS.

WELL-BUCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed May 19l 1906. Serial No. 317,825.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIGA MORAN THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Texarkana, in the county of Bowie and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Well-Buckets, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in buckets for bored Wells and consists in the novel construction,

combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide abucket ofthis character which will only sink into the water a distance suflicient for it to become quickly filled and will 1 5 hence not stir up the mud and sand in the bottom of the Well.

Further objects and advantages of the invention, as well as the structural features by means of which they are attained, will be made clear by an examination of the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which similar reference numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved well bucket; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

In the practice of my invention, I provide upon the usual cylindrical bucket l for use in bored wells, a float 2 which may be of any desired form and construction and Which is of suflicient size to support the bucket. The float as here shown is in the form of an inverted cup having its upper end or top closed or air tight and its open lower end or bottom spaced from the upper edge of the body of the bucket. The float is thus spaced from the bucket and connected to it by straps 3 and the lower ends 4 of the usual bail 5 of the bucket. These parts 3 and 4 are secured by rivets or similar fastenings 6. On the bail 5 is a ring 7 to which the usual rope is attached, and in the bottom of the bucket is the usual valve 8 for use in discharging its contents.

The construction, use, and advantage of the invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing' It will be seen that when the bucket is lowered into a bored well, the float 2 will permit it to sink only to a depth sufficient to allow the water to rush through the space between the bottom of the cup or float and the top of the bucket, so that the latter will quickly fill, the float being of sufficient size to support or float the bucket. By thus preventing the bucket from sinking to the bottom of the well, the sand and mud therein will not be stirred up, and the water drawn up in the bucket will be clear.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the precise construction herein set forth, since various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention,'as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,

1. A well bucket comprising a body having an open top, a float arranged above the open top of said body and straps secured to said bucket and to said float for uniting the same and spacing them apart, substantially as described.

2. .A well bucket comprisinga body having an open top, an inverted U-shaped bail having its ends secured to opposite sides of said bucket, and a float secured in said bail and spaced by the latter above the open top of said bucket, substantially as described.

3. A well bucket comprising a body having an open top, a bail thereon, and an inverted cup secured to said bail and having its open bottom spaced from the open top of said bucket, substantially as described.

4. A well bucket comprising a cylindrical body having an open top and an aperture or Valve seat in its bottom, a 80 valve to coact with said valve seat, a bail secured upon the top of said body, an inverted cup in said bail and having ELIGA MORAN THOMAS. Witnesses:

M. D. Ec'ron, R. E. RAIN- 

